Matsuta Oshiro

Matsuta Oshiro (12 June 1899-16 September 1944) was a Lieutenant-General of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Oshiro was the leader of the IJA 120th Regiment on the island, and was killed in action.

Biography
Matsuta Oshiro was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture of Japan on 12 June 1899, and he attended the Military Academy of Tokyo, graduating 50th in his class in 1923. Oshiro served abroad in China in the 1930s and gained fighting experience; Oshiro was made a Major in the Imperial Japanese Army in 1939. Oshiro was later promoted to Colonel and sent to the island of Peleliu with the IJA 120th Regiment. In September 1944 he was promoted to Lieutenant General to take command of several IJA forces on the island during the Battle of Peleliu against the United States during World War II, and he was killed in action on 16 September 1944 by an exploding barrel during a last-ditch defense of "The Point".